Katie Childs set up her working studio gallery at 2 The Terrace in Port Isaac in 1997, painting the surrounding Cornish coastline in oil pastel and collage and selling originals, limited-edition prints and printed-fabric homeware from the same space where she paints daily. Much of her original work is completed on commission and shipped worldwide from the gallery's online shop.
Best for Art Studio & Gallery, Paintings, Homeware
This family-run Port Isaac shop — now based in the old Sunday School building next to Chapel Café — sells handmade ceramics thrown on-site by Billy, Barbara and Faye Hawkins alongside a curated range of lifestyle gifts and Faye Hawkins' paintings. The shop is open every day, with slightly shorter winter hours from November through March.
Port Isaac Trading Co. sells its own line of unisex clothing — sweatshirts, hoodies, hats and workwear-inspired staples — from 11 Fore Street in the village, with a companion homewares shop online covering fragrances and gifts. Customers who spot something in the physical store that isn't listed online can email the shop directly to order it.
Secrets Port Isaac sells original paintings, prints and cards by local artist Sam Littlechild alongside jewelry, scarves, gifts and art materials. The gallery also handles giclée printing and publishing in-house, while its online shop carries limited-edition prints and other work for buyers who cannot visit the Church Hill space in person.
Best for Art Gallery, Original Art & Prints, Jewelry
Stacey Sibley paints and makes silver jewelry from the Pilchard Press Studio, an old fish cellar on the Pentus Wall in Port Isaac bay, drawing on 27 years as an interior designer and a habit of beachcombing for sea glass used in her pieces. Her watercolors, acrylics, prints and jewelry are sold through the Viddy Cottage online shop, and commissions are taken directly.